Opportunity
City of Chicago #57075,5
Chicago Department of Aviation airport landscaping and irrigation services
Posted
August 04, 2026
Respond By
December 01, 2026
Identifier
57075,5
NAICS
561730
The City of Chicago Department of Aviation is seeking comprehensive landscaping and irrigation services for O’Hare and Midway International Airports. - Buyer: City of Chicago — Chicago Department of Aviation; buyer contact named in the attachment: Christopher Kusper. No office-level detail is provided. - Scope: Year-round landscape and irrigation maintenance, seasonal flowers, plant removal and relocation, new and replacement planting and lawns, pavers, site furnishings, vegetated roofs, irrigation materials and repairs, and winter inspections. - OEMs and named catalog brands: Unilock, Whitacre Greer, Wausau Tile, Rainbird, Hunter, Toro, Keystone, Versa-Lok, Landscape Forms, Dura Art Stone, Tournesol Sitework, and Forms and Surfaces. These are named as catalog sources; the documents do not identify a single prime vendor. - Quantities and part numbers: O’Hare and Midway maintenance, 5 each (9127305); irrigation labor, 5,000 (9127305); replacement-work labor, 12,500 (9127305); new-work labor, 2,500 (9127305); winter maintenance, 15 seasons per airport (9127342). Other catalog, planting, lawn, and materials line items generally have quantity 1; the materials allowance line shows 452,250. - Notable requirements: Airport access and security, staffing and reporting, sustainability, and plant-health requirements apply. O’Hare and Midway have distinct maintenance scopes; O’Hare lawn care excludes mowing and edging along paved surfaces. The attachment describes a 60-month contract term.
Description
The City of Chicago is soliciting bids for Target Market Comprehensive Landscaping Services for use by the Chicago Department of Aviation. The notice identifies this as a Work Service solicitation and describes a sealed bid process. A pre-solicitation conference is scheduled at 10510 W. Zemke Road, Building 804, Chicago, IL 60666. Responses are due December 1, 2026, and questions are due October 6, 2026.